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Cancer Drug Pipeline

An FDA panel's support Tuesday for AstraZeneca's cancer drug Iressa provides another ray of hope for patients, despite recent snags in the pipeline of cancer treatments.

Here is a list of other cancer treatments:

DrugType of Cancer CompanyStatusABX-EGFlung, colorectalAbgenixIs being tested in clinical trials.ArimdexbreastAstraZenecaReceived FDA approval March 2002Avastincolon, breast, lungGenetechSuffered a setback this month when Genentech reported that the drug didn't improve the survival time for late-stage...